Well, then, let me ask you this: If your professional editor is presumed to be flawless with the language, why ask for grammatical editing in the first place? I've spent the past five years as a professional writer and editor, and two before that as an English teacher. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw, and a clause from a preposition. ;-)
And the dashes: I find dashes to be extremely useful in aiding me to portray the cadence and meaning of my language. In fact, you are struggling to not use them, as I see in this statement in a previous comment:
But a comma does not provide as much breath as a semicolon does. That,cough, and I have been reminded of my tendency to overdo commas.
You are using a piece of grammar that (let's be hypothetical and say it's grammatically correct), raises red flags, and seems awkward to readers. And why? Because a comma doesn't provide the pause you need, and you've arbitrarily forsaken them. Emily Dickinson also championed the dash, and precedes Joyce significantly. The Devil is said to walk in the woods as well, and yet I shall love nature nonetheless. ;-)
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Re: Your editor here!
Date: 2012-03-25 10:08 pm (UTC)And the dashes: I find dashes to be extremely useful in aiding me to portray the cadence and meaning of my language. In fact, you are struggling to not use them, as I see in this statement in a previous comment:
But a comma does not provide as much breath as a semicolon does. That,cough, and I have been reminded of my tendency to overdo commas.
You are using a piece of grammar that (let's be hypothetical and say it's grammatically correct), raises red flags, and seems awkward to readers. And why? Because a comma doesn't provide the pause you need, and you've arbitrarily forsaken them. Emily Dickinson also championed the dash, and precedes Joyce significantly. The Devil is said to walk in the woods as well, and yet I shall love nature nonetheless. ;-)